Make room between your tomato vines and zucchini plants for Chinese greens, beans, herbs, and other edible plants. This book offers guidance on planting, growing, harvesting, and cooking with more than 40 Chinese vegetables and herbs—from the familiar snow pea to the exotic Chinese pumpkin—in traditional beds, in containers, or in a Chinese-style water garden. "What could be fresher than vegetables from your garden to your wok?" asks Norma Chang in her foreword. "Both experienced and novice gardeners will ... discover how these 'Chinese' vegetables are as easy to grow as our more familiar 'Western' ones."